Nationalist Party of Costa Rica

The Nationalist Party was a reactionary political party in Costa Rica which existed from 1825 to 1890. The party served as a rallying point for ultra-conservative forces in the Catholic clergy, the military leadership, and the criollo elite, and it was steadfastly opposed to any liberal efforts to abolish slavery, redistribute land from large landowners to small farmers, introduce a free market economy, or disestablish the powerful Catholic Church. From 1868 to 1870, under Jesus Jimenez Zamora, the military briefly held power in the country, but the Liberal Party held a near-monopoly on power from 1825 to 1890.